linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 007/115] nvme-fc: remove double put reference if admin connect fails

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Message-Id: <20180302084504.154688765@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Fri,  2 Mar 2018 09:50:10 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 007/115] nvme-fc: remove double put reference if admin connect fails

4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: James Smart <jsmart2021@...il.com>


[ Upstream commit 4596e752db02d47038cd7c965419789ab15d1985 ]

There are two put references in the failure case of initial
create_association. The first put actually frees the controller, thus the
second put references freed memory.

Remove the unnecessary 2nd put.

Signed-off-by: James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...izon.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/nvme/host/fc.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/fc.c
@@ -2876,7 +2876,6 @@ nvme_fc_init_ctrl(struct device *dev, st
 
 		/* initiate nvme ctrl ref counting teardown */
 		nvme_uninit_ctrl(&ctrl->ctrl);
-		nvme_put_ctrl(&ctrl->ctrl);
 
 		/* Remove core ctrl ref. */
 		nvme_put_ctrl(&ctrl->ctrl);